Manger.



H. L. FBRBIS.

HANGER.

APPLICATIOI FILED JUlE, 1913.

Patented Apr. 2,8, 1914.

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H. L. PBRRIS.

MANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEQ, 1913 A Patented Apr. 28,1914

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fnver-r grr@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR'TO HELM, FERR/IS &COMPANY. OF HARVARD. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIONOF ILLINOIS.

MAN GER.

'specification of Letters'ratent. v Patented Apr. 28 Application medium9, 19,13.

serial No. 772,610. f

,Be it known that I. HENRY L. Freins, a citizen of the United States,residing` at State ot' Illinois. have invented a new and nsetulImprovement 1n Mangers, of which the tollotvintr 1s a specication.

M v invention relates to certain new and.

useful iml'iroveinents in mangers and is fully described and explainedin the specieation and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an end view of my improved device, showing the same in itsnormal or lowered position in solid lines and in its raised position indotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a'section on the line 2, olf Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 3 is the curb of the stall; at is 'a troughof cement or other material forming the bottom of the manger, and, inaccordance with common practice, extenalinfrf longitudinally of a seriesof stalls: 5 is one of the vertical members of the stallends and 6 isone of the' side bars of the stall, all these parts being formed inaccordance with common and standard practice.

'Tis a bar extending upward from the curb and diagonally forward at aslight inclination, its upper end being att-ached to a forwardprojection of the stall'side and its lower end being held rmly inposition by any suitable mechanism. In the present form of consuctionthe lower end of the bar' enters a iole in a casting 8 set in theconcrete of the curb and forming the support for the frames at'tze frontet the stall.

It will be understood that a series of these -bars 7 is provided, oneopposlte each stallside, or between each two stalls in the series, aswell as at Vthe ends of the terminal stalls of the series. Each bar 7carries a collar f) vertically adjustable by jrneans of a set-screw 1Y0and provided with a forwardly-extendingvertical ear 11. These earsall'ord means for pivotall.v .supporting manger partitions and ends I2,each of which is made of sheetmetal, stitl'ened at its edges with iron,and curved at its bottom to conform to the trough forming the bottom ofthe manger. `he lpartitions tand ends are connected `by a man fiefront13 of sheet-metal, so that when lowered each manger has a bottom formedbv the trough` a front and two ends, lent is open at the top and rear.

l Surrounding each bar 7, above the collar l) I V t z by'lmks 1G with apoint `onlthe correspond- Ha1\'ar in thtl county of illcHenry and 1saspring. 14. Each of said springs ssesupwardly upon collars x15connected swings awa-y from a straight 'line connecting the pivot of thelink on the collar 'with4 the pivot ofthepartition on the ear A1-1,whereby the effective leverage of-'the spring is lgreatly increased. .Itwill be noted that in the ,position shown in solid 'lines in Fig. 1. thelink is quite close to the dead'center and its upward pull on themangers is very slight` while in the posit-ion shown in dot- `tedtlines,the link hasl just moved past a position at right-angles to the lineconnecting its pivot on the partition with the pivot of the partition onthe ear, so that the operation of the spring is very effective. Thus,the mangers remain inu their lowered position, but when raised by handare held up positively by the springs and their rise is facilitatedthroughout by the action of the springs.

It is to be observed that in the `present form ofconstruction the mangeris pivotally supported entirely independent of the frame at the front ofthe stall. This frame.` carrying as it does, a stanchion. and beinglongitudinall)y adjustable in the manner and for the purpose set forthin the application 0f myself and Howard J. Ferris. filed October 18,1911, Serial No. 655.34%, is wholly unfitted, by reason of itsadjustment, to support the manger, which must necessarilyoccupy aposition fixed with reference to the curb. Heretofore it has been thepractice to mount pivoted mangers on the framework Vforming the front ofthe stall. In the present structure this practice -is-not followed, butthe manger is carried entirely by other parts of the structure.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of theconstruction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto,except as pointed out-in the following claims, in which it is myintentionvto claim allthe novelty inherent in the device as broadly asis permitted by the state of the art,

- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- z

l. The combination with the stall-members, of a series of stalls and amanger in front of'the .stalls and pivotally movable, of bars extendingupwardly at the margins between the 'stalls and serving pivotally tosupport the manger, springs Surrounding the bars, and links, eaeh havingoperative connections at one end with the manger and at the other withthevspring, for thepurpose set forth. 4

2. In combination, a curb, a frame orm ing the front of the stall andadjustable longitudinally of the, stall with reference to the curb, afeed-partition member pvotally supported independent of the frame at thefront of the stall and adapted to be raised and lowered, whereby the`front frame of the stall may "be longitudinally adjusted withoutchanging the position of the feedpartiton member,

3. In combination with stall-members and whereby the springs tend toraise the manger with increasing force as the same is raised.

4. In amanger and stall construction, in combination, a support, twoframes mounted thereon, one of which is fixed and the other one 'ofwhich is adjustable in the direction' or the length of the' stall, amanger pivotally mounted on the fixed frame and adapted" tov be raisedand lowered, and spring operated means having a substantiallydead-center posltion when the manger 1sv in loweredeqm sition, andadapted to aid in raising tlhe manger and 'hold it in raisedposition. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of April,1913.

HENRY L. FERR'Is.

In presence of two subscribing witnesses:

WALTER S. SUND, CLIFFORD HOOKER.

